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. >> jeff: the obama administration is still struggling to fix the new healthcare web site and explain how new insurance programs work. with the vast majority of americans who already receive coverage through their employers are starting to make enrollment choices for next year, and some are seeing big changes. we're joined now by cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. always good to see you. let's talk about the big companies first. what hangs are we seeing? >>. >> we're seeing higher premiums, not great news. we're also seeing increased costs and out of pocket expenses are going to start creeping in here. so as a result this is going to be a more expensive environment. many companies are starting to introduce something called a high deductible plan. and it's paired with a health savings account. this is kind of the way that people can limit their costs but you really have to be young and healthy to make that work for you. >> jeff: why are they doing these low cost plans, high deductible plans? >> the price of health care is increasing. we foe by about 4% over the next year. it d
. >> jeff: the obama administration is still struggling to fix the new healthcare web site and explain how new insurance programs work. with the vast majority of americans who already receive coverage through their employers are starting to make enrollment choices for next year, and some are seeing big changes. we're joined now by cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. always good to see you. let's talk about the big companies first. what hangs are we seeing? >>. >> we're...
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just last week the pakistani prime minister publicly asked president obama to end all u.s. drone strikes. but scott, they clearly remain a very useful counterterror tool. >> pelley: margaret, thanks very much. jeffrey zients is the man overseeing the repair of the federal government's health insurance web site. he said today they are quote on track, end quote, to have it done by the end of the month. our sharyl attkisson broke the news yesterday that nationwide only six policies were purchased the entire first day that the site was on-line. sharyl is back with us tonight with more, sharyl? >> reporter: scott, the obama administration didn't dispute those enrollment numbers reported in government meeting notes. six the first day as you said, just six. 248 by the end of day two. white house spokesman jay carney said they haven't really-- released enrollment fillings because the numbers have to be checked and accurate and he downplayed expectations. >> let me just tell you now, november 1st. we don't expect those numbers to be very high. and we never did. but they're going to
just last week the pakistani prime minister publicly asked president obama to end all u.s. drone strikes. but scott, they clearly remain a very useful counterterror tool. >> pelley: margaret, thanks very much. jeffrey zients is the man overseeing the repair of the federal government's health insurance web site. he said today they are quote on track, end quote, to have it done by the end of the month. our sharyl attkisson broke the news yesterday that nationwide only six policies were...
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speaking after the deal was announced, president obama warned iran that they must comply. >> and if iran does not fully meet its commitments during the six-month phase, we will turn off the relief and ratchet up the pressure. >> reporter: skeptics including the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu slammed the deal, calling it a historic mistake that would allow iran to get closer to making a bomb. there is also bipartisan criticism of the deal coming from exam hill, den see republican bob corker spoke to fox news. >> and if you see the reaction in iran right now, i mean they are spiking the football in the end zone saying that look, we consolidated our gains, we have relieved sanctions, we are going to have the right to enrich. >> reporter: secretary kerry dismissed that and said iran will have to back up its words with action. are you skeptical that iran will actually comply with the deal they just signed? >> i think everybody has a right to be skeptical, because there are indications that there are people in iran who have wanted to pursue a weapons program, that there have been se
speaking after the deal was announced, president obama warned iran that they must comply. >> and if iran does not fully meet its commitments during the six-month phase, we will turn off the relief and ratchet up the pressure. >> reporter: skeptics including the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu slammed the deal, calling it a historic mistake that would allow iran to get closer to making a bomb. there is also bipartisan criticism of the deal coming from exam hill, den see...
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president obama is now calling for a woon-year extension of policies that insurance company have already canceled, but the companies and state regulators are saying it's not that simple. as jeff pegues reports, it's the customers who are caught in the middle. >> reporter: in the next week, millions of people who received cancellation noise of their health care insurance may be getting another letter in the mail, this time a way to extend coverage that was canceled, a prominent insurance industry consultant told us today it is a logistical nightmare that if done is likely to lead to serious customer service problems. >> there's going to be a collaborative process. we want to make sure that we get this done. >> reporter: president obama is pressing insurance companies to reissue canceled plans, but whether that happens also depend on states' insurance commissioners. and while a majority tell cbs news they continue to research the pretty fix, at least three states, rhode island, vermont, and washington, have already rejected it. meanwhile, the enrollment clock is ticking and insurers are st
president obama is now calling for a woon-year extension of policies that insurance company have already canceled, but the companies and state regulators are saying it's not that simple. as jeff pegues reports, it's the customers who are caught in the middle. >> reporter: in the next week, millions of people who received cancellation noise of their health care insurance may be getting another letter in the mail, this time a way to extend coverage that was canceled, a prominent insurance...
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tonight, president obama's national security adviser is flying home from afghanistan and empty-handed. susan rice's mission was to persuade afghan president hamid karzai to sign a new security agreement that will keep some u.s. troops in afghanistan after the nato combat mission ends after next year. major gar marrett's at the white house. >> reporter: the white house says president karzai holds in his hans the future security of his country and the promise of $8 billion in annual u.s. aid. that hand currently will not sient security agreement the u.s. thought was sealed and delivered. national security adviser susan rice's face-to-face meeting with the afghan president produced nothing but frustration. >> what i said to the president is we would have no choice. we would be compelled by necessity-- not by our preference-- to have to begin to plan for the prospect that we will not be able to keep our troops here because they will not be invited because the b.s.a. will not have been signed. >> reporter: the b.s.a., or bilateral security agreement, sets the rules for any u.s. troops that
tonight, president obama's national security adviser is flying home from afghanistan and empty-handed. susan rice's mission was to persuade afghan president hamid karzai to sign a new security agreement that will keep some u.s. troops in afghanistan after the nato combat mission ends after next year. major gar marrett's at the white house. >> reporter: the white house says president karzai holds in his hans the future security of his country and the promise of $8 billion in annual u.s....
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. >> pelley: good evening, for 31 days now, the obama administration has been telling us americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance web site despite all of its problems, but no one in the administration has been willing to tell us how many policies have been purchased, and this may be the reason. cbs news has learned enrollments got off to an incredibly slow start. sharyl attkisson attained documents that haven't been seen by the public until now. >> reporter: early enrollment figures are contained in notes from twice a day war room meetings from medicare and medicaid services after the web site failed on october 1. they were turned over in response to a document request from the house oversight committee. the web site launched on tuesday. publicly, the government said there were 4.7 million unique visits in the first 24 hours. but at a meeting wednesday morning, the war room notes say six enrollments very occurred so far. they were with blue cross blue shield of north carolina and kansas city and, caresource, and health care service corporation. by wednesday afte
. >> pelley: good evening, for 31 days now, the obama administration has been telling us americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance web site despite all of its problems, but no one in the administration has been willing to tell us how many policies have been purchased, and this may be the reason. cbs news has learned enrollments got off to an incredibly slow start. sharyl attkisson attained documents that haven't been seen by the public until now. >> reporter:...
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today president obama called this weekend's nuclear deal with iran a first step in preventing iran from building an atomic bomb. under this agreement, iran said that it won't expand its uranium enrichment for six months. it also agreed to new monitoring. in return, the u.s. and its allies will ease slightly some economic sanctions that have crippled the iranian economy. we have two reports on this tonight beginning with major garrett at the white house. major? >> reporter: scott, the white house got to work almost immediately on the next phase of these talks, the one december signed to end-- not merely halt-- iran's nuclear weapons program. at president obama's invitation, israel's national security advisor will travel to washington next week to play a key role in those negotiations. facing skepticism from congress and israel president obama defended the deal with iran as a victory for diplomacy over war. >> we can not close the door on diplomacy and we can not rule out peaceful solutions to the world's problems. we can not commit ourselves to an endless cycle of conflict. and tough tal
today president obama called this weekend's nuclear deal with iran a first step in preventing iran from building an atomic bomb. under this agreement, iran said that it won't expand its uranium enrichment for six months. it also agreed to new monitoring. in return, the u.s. and its allies will ease slightly some economic sanctions that have crippled the iranian economy. we have two reports on this tonight beginning with major garrett at the white house. major? >> reporter: scott, the...
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today six weeks after the troubled opening of the federal health insurance web site, the obama administration finally told us how many americans have signed up. in the first month, it comes to just over 106,000. people who chose policies on both the federal and state sites, though they had not necessarily paid for them yet. that is only about 20% of the 494,000 that the administration had projected. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, the white house said for weeks these enroll. numbers would fall short of expectations-- and they have. the poorly designed federal health care web site-- here thisly unusable in its first days of operation-- severely limited the number of people who were able to sign up for coverage. of the 106,000 americans who are counted as enrolled in obamacare, less than a third-- just under 27,000-- did so by navigating healthcare.gov. the remaining three quarters-- just under 80,000-- signed up on one of the health insurance exchanges run by 14 states and the district of columbia. more disturbing for the administration, the rat
today six weeks after the troubled opening of the federal health insurance web site, the obama administration finally told us how many americans have signed up. in the first month, it comes to just over 106,000. people who chose policies on both the federal and state sites, though they had not necessarily paid for them yet. that is only about 20% of the 494,000 that the administration had projected. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, the white...
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the obamas spent 40 minutes inside their tent on the national mall. some of the protesters are conducting hunger strikes. the senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill last summer but speaker john boehner has refused to schedule a vote in the house. china today scrambled warplanes over disputed islands that are claimed by both china and japan. the u.s. considers the skies above them international airspace and as seth doane in beijing reports, tensions are rising fast. >> reporter: two chinese fighter jets flew their first patrols today over these desolate islands in the east china sea. japan and china have been at loggerheads for years over the islands but last week, china suddenly declared that it would police the skies above a vast new territory that included the islands. it also warned it would take military action if countries flew inside its knew air defense zone without first notifying the chinese government. the uninhabited islands are located near important shipping lanes and are said to have rich oil and gas reserves. the dispute has now
the obamas spent 40 minutes inside their tent on the national mall. some of the protesters are conducting hunger strikes. the senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill last summer but speaker john boehner has refused to schedule a vote in the house. china today scrambled warplanes over disputed islands that are claimed by both china and japan. the u.s. considers the skies above them international airspace and as seth doane in beijing reports, tensions are rising fast. >> reporter:...
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obama's chief of staff from 2011 to twelve. mr. dalye, this was the president's highest domestic priority. should he have been asking more questions about whether it was going to succeed? >> well, i think it's pretty obvious that everyone. in the administration should have been asking more questions and i think the basically, scott, said that last thursday in his press conference. so -- his challenge right now, obviously, as john said is to get this back on track first of all with the web site and then just take it week -- day by day, week by week and try to rebuild the belief in that law working. and then addressing the sort of trust and -- trustworthiness problems that obviously came out in this poll. >> pelley: if you were still running the white house staff, would heads be rolling? >> well, i think right now it doesn't do any good to start to chop heads off. right now you've just got to plow through this. this is the most difficult part of it, that there's no easy fix to any of these things. you've just got to keep going day by
obama's chief of staff from 2011 to twelve. mr. dalye, this was the president's highest domestic priority. should he have been asking more questions about whether it was going to succeed? >> well, i think it's pretty obvious that everyone. in the administration should have been asking more questions and i think the basically, scott, said that last thursday in his press conference. so -- his challenge right now, obviously, as john said is to get this back on track first of all with the web...
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at arlington national cemetery, president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and spoke of conflicts past and present. >> by this time next year the transition to afghan-led security will be nearly complete. the longest war in american history will end. (applause). >> reporter: there was a standing ovation for richard overton. at 107 the former senator is believed to be the oldest-living veteran of world war ii. in new york, the military's first female four-star general led the parade. ann dun woody retired last year after a 38 year career in the army. and in britain a funeral was held for harold percival who served in the royal air force in world war ii. he died last month at 99 with few friends or family. but when his story was picked up on the internet, hundreds turned out to honor him. war stories in six words, next. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changi
at arlington national cemetery, president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and spoke of conflicts past and present. >> by this time next year the transition to afghan-led security will be nearly complete. the longest war in american history will end. (applause). >> reporter: there was a standing ovation for richard overton. at 107 the former senator is believed to be the oldest-living veteran of world war ii. in new york, the military's first female four-star...
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late today, president obama apologized for one of the biggest emerging problems with the affordable care act. more than three million americans have been told that they will lose their health insurance plans, even though the president has repeated for years that americans who liked their plans could keep them. here's what he said to nbc. >> i am sorry that they are finding themselveses in this situation based on assurances they've got from me. we've got to work hard niek sure they know we hear them, and that we're going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. >> pelley: the plans are being canceled because they don't meet the minimum standards of the president's health insurance law. that's something that was always in the legislation. today, a former miami dolphin spoke to us about the turmoil in the locker room. the nfl is investigating. whether offensive lineman richie incognito harassed teammate jonathan martin. lydon murtha, a former lineman who played with both men, had this to say: >> there is instances, no quest
late today, president obama apologized for one of the biggest emerging problems with the affordable care act. more than three million americans have been told that they will lose their health insurance plans, even though the president has repeated for years that americans who liked their plans could keep them. here's what he said to nbc. >> i am sorry that they are finding themselveses in this situation based on assurances they've got from me. we've got to work hard niek sure they know we...
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she told the japanese she brought them greetings from president obama and she said she's proud to carry forward her father's legacy of public service. caroline kennedy was five when her father, president john kennedy, was murdered in dallas 50 years ago next week. among the young reporters on the scene that day were peter jennings of canadian t.v. and later abc. that's dan rather of cbs. jim lehrer of the dallas "times- herald" and later pbs and then there was a cub reporter from the fort worth "star telegram." that's our own bob schieffer and bob is in dallas tonight. bob? >> schieffer: well, scott, those of us who covered the assassination and are still around all these years later have had a long time to think about what might have been. it was a misty morning as the president spoke in fort worth. >> there's mrs. kennedy and the president of the united states. >> schieffer: but by the time he got to dallas the sun had come out. >> i can see his sun tan all the way from here. >> schieffer: jim lehrer was at love field assigned to cover the president's arrival for the dallas "times her
she told the japanese she brought them greetings from president obama and she said she's proud to carry forward her father's legacy of public service. caroline kennedy was five when her father, president john kennedy, was murdered in dallas 50 years ago next week. among the young reporters on the scene that day were peter jennings of canadian t.v. and later abc. that's dan rather of cbs. jim lehrer of the dallas "times- herald" and later pbs and then there was a cub reporter from the...
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the white house acknowledged today that administration officials, including president obama, were briefed on a consultant's report six months before healthcare.gov went online, a report that said problems were coming. nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us tonight. nancy. >> reporter: scott, administration officials said today they took this report's warnings into account and made changes, but republicans argue that its very existence casts doubts on claims by the president on down that they were caught by surprise. with startling foresight, the consulting firm mckinsey predicted more than six months ago that the rollout of healthcare.gov would be hobbled by evolving requirements, insufficient time for end-to-end testing, and significant dependency on external parties and contractors. louisiana republican steve scalise: >> this report lays out the chaos that was going on, but all of this information was known within the white house. >> reporter: mckinsey was hired by the administration to do the review and interviewed 40 people involved with the web site, including henry chao, a key manag
the white house acknowledged today that administration officials, including president obama, were briefed on a consultant's report six months before healthcare.gov went online, a report that said problems were coming. nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us tonight. nancy. >> reporter: scott, administration officials said today they took this report's warnings into account and made changes, but republicans argue that its very existence casts doubts on claims by the president on down that...
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take special sponsored 7-day graphic >> brennan: in keeping with thanksgiving tradition, president obama granted pardons to turkeys. they will go on to live the rest of their lives at a farm in virginia. further down the food chain there will be no pardon for anchovies, providing a feast for very large appetites on the west coast. ben tracy is there. >> reporter: on california's monterey bay you don't really need these to see these. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: humpback whales, dozens of them, are everywhere. wow, they're like right on us. boeing away even avid whale watchers such as sharon she ever. >> it's never been like this. this is phenomenal. >> reporter: do these whales make you feel very small? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: there are also dolphins and hundreds of sea lions. they are chasing an unexplained explosion of anchovies in the bay. killer whales showed up to hunt the sea lions. >> under the bow! >> reporter: tourists and scientists have never seen anything quite like it. >> there's easily over 100 to 200 whales in monterey bay, so this is, like, so exception
take special sponsored 7-day graphic >> brennan: in keeping with thanksgiving tradition, president obama granted pardons to turkeys. they will go on to live the rest of their lives at a farm in virginia. further down the food chain there will be no pardon for anchovies, providing a feast for very large appetites on the west coast. ben tracy is there. >> reporter: on california's monterey bay you don't really need these to see these. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: humpback...